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Originally Posted by kwaigonegin

I don't think that chinese people care less about their safety of that of their children than their western counterparts. To assume so is insulting and factually wrong. What I think is China is still slowly transitioning from a 3rd world to a 1st world nation. I'm sure if there are more buses available they used them.

Despite a big economy and many technological advances being made in the past 20/30 yrs etc a large part of China is still 3rd world and a large part of their regulatory policies and laws are still antiquated. All this will change in the decades to come I'm sure.

I agreed, but there's problems and all kinds of 3rd world country outlook in every single large nations. Even here in the US there are rural poverty and urban poverty existed. I feel the majority of the audiences here are more fascinated and concern about what's happening in China right now, instead of the plight of the illegal Mexican workers that did all hard labor to build this country, or the poor African American community that are suffering from gentrification and in desperate need to tackle the many issues that plagued them for decades.

Thanks for the responses gents.

There's accidents happening everywhere around the world. So why picked on China and its "safety" law?

Of course there are accidents happening all over the world. I doubt you will ever see 59 persons stuffed in a micro bus in the USA.

I'm not picking on China. I just asked a question. Why were 59 persons stuffed in that micro bus?

I don't think that chinese people care less about their safety of that of their children than their western counterparts. To assume so is insulting and factually wrong.

Never stated they did not care. Never. And when did I ever insult the Chinese people? The simple fact is that China has a safety problem. Pure and simple. It is proven out in the photos I see daily.

China's unmanned spacecraft Shenzhou 8 landed in Siziwang Banner (county) in Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region at around 7:30 p.m., after completing the country's first-ever space docking mission. [Photo/Xinhua]

Female inmates attend a facial class at a labor camp in Hangzhou, East China's Zhejiang province, Nov 16, 2011. A total of 90 people received vocational certificates after taking free training courses offered by the camp. [Photo/CFP]

A visitor tries a digital device functioning as a fitting mirror at the 13th China Hi-Tech Fair in Shenzhen, south China's Guangdong Province, Nov. 16, 2011. The hi-tech fair kicked off here Wednesday. [Xinhua/Chen Bin]

A robot acts following the gesture of a staff member at the 13th China Hi-Tech Fair in Shenzhen, south China's Guangdong Province, Nov. 16, 2011. The hi-tech fair kicked off here Wednesday. [Xinhua/Chen Bin]

An ethnic Miao group man shaves another villager's head with a sickle in the village of Basha in Congjiang county, Guizhou province Nov 16, 2011. The village, with a branch of ethnic Miao group of about 2,100 in population, is believed to be the last village authorized by the government to keep guns. The Basha men used to make their living as hunters with guns on their shoudles and knives on their waist. But nowadays their tradition has become a way to boost tourism, local media reported. [Photo/Agencies]

An ethnic Miao group man fires a shot in the village of Basha in Congjiang county, Guizhou province Nov 16, 2011. [Photo/Agencies]

Chen Yuanjun, who was injured due to the house collapse, receives medical treatment in a hospital in Xinshao County of central China's Hunan Province, Nov. 15, 2011, his wife and son died in the accident. A house collapsed at around 7:40 pm Monday at Yuejin Village of Tanfu Township in Xinshao County of Hunan. Ten people were confirmed dead and 12 others were injured. [Xinhua/Bai Yu]

Children being treated at a local hospital in Zhengning County, Qingyang City, northwest China's Gansu Province, Nov. 17, 2011. The death toll in a school bus accident that occurred here on Wednesday morning has risen to 20 following the death of one child later Wednesday. The victims, including 18 preschoolers and two adults, died in a head-on collision between a school bus and a truck in the city of Qingyang. (Xinhua/Gao Jianjun)

China's Premier Wen Jiabao, (L) shakes hands with Indonesian President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono, (R), before their bilateral meeting on the sideline of the 19th Association of South East Asian Nations (ASEAN) Summit in Nusa Dua at Indonesia's resort island of Bali on November 17, 2011. Southeast Asian leaders November 17 held talks in Bali dominated by a maritime dispute with China and a debate over whether to reward Myanmar for fledgling reforms.

A worker stands on a wagon of a coal train as it tranfers coal to a power plant in Huaibei, Anhui province November 17, 2011. China's overall power consumption rose 11.35 percent from a year earlier to 379.7 billion kilowatt hours (kWh) in October, data from the National Energy Administration showed.

A member of the Jinan Acrobatic Troupe presents a new performance called Fenmo, a mix of acrobatics and Opera, at the Budapest's Metropolitan Circus on November 16, 2011 during a jubilee gala. The Metropolitan Circus will host China's Jinan Acrobatic Troupe until January 1, 2012.

Zhang Lei (R) of China receives a serve by Kenya while her teammate Hui Ruoqi looks on during a match of the World Cup women's volleyball tournament in Tokyo on November 17, 2011. China beat Kenya 3-0 (25-7, 25-15, 25-10).

An exile Tibetan girl holds a Tibetan national flag as others look on during a march in New Delhi, India, Wednesday, Nov. 16, 2011. Hundreds of Tibetans marched through New Delhi to protest Chinese rule over their homeland.

Snow removal vehicles work on the 303 provincial highway to clear snow for vehicles in Hami prefecture, Northwest China's Xinjiang Uygur autonomous region, Nov 16, 2011. [Photo/Xinhua]

Taiwan actress Michelle Chen poses during a promotional event to celebrate the upcoming Christmas, at a shopping mall in Hong Kong November 16, 2011.

Originally Posted by bd popeye

Thanks for the responses gents.



Of course there are accidents happening all over the world. I doubt you will ever see 59 persons stuffed in a micro bus in the USA.

I'm not picking on China. I just asked a question. Why were 59 persons stuffed in that micro bus?



Never stated they did not care. Never. And when did I ever insult the Chinese people? The simple fact is that China has a safety problem. Pure and simple. It is proven out in the photos I see daily.

I just saw the news just now about this accident in China. The spokeswoman, who, surprisingly, spoke in english, told about the known danger of using van transport and the need for safer and bigger school buses. A parent told about being forced to use the van transport because they have no other choice and their children need to go to school. In the poorer areas, it's not that people do not care about safety. It's that they just do not have a safer alternative. Bear in mind that some of these areas may have only extricated themselves from poverty only in recent time.

The same with the coal miners there. Most of them are willing to risk their lifes to work in unlicensed coal mine because they don't have much choice of jobs in the poorer areas. Also the risk in mining in these coal mines may not be any much worse than driving in most countries. That's why most miners in these poorer areas, are willing to take the kind of risk.

Originally Posted by Quickie

I just saw the news just now about this accident in China. The spokeswoman, who, surprisingly, spoke in english, told about the known danger of using van transport and the need for safer and bigger school buses. A parent told about being forced to use the van transport because they have no other choice and their children need to go to school. In the poorer areas, it's not that people do not care about safety. It's that they just do not have a safer alternative. Bear in mind that some of these areas may have only extricated themselves from poverty only in recent time.

The same with the coal miners there. Most of them are willing to risk their lifes to work in unlicensed coal mine because they don't have much choice of jobs in the poorer areas. Also the risk in mining in these coal mines may not be any much worse than driving in most countries. That's why most miners in these poorer areas, are willing to take the kind of risk.

I can't wait till the authority cracks down MORE on these unlicensed coal mines and take away all their profits and put it to local use.

Gents , I have to go on a short road trip. I should be back by next Friday.

Originally Posted by bd popeye

Gents , I have to go on a short road trip. I should be back by next Friday.

Have a safe trip man.

I'm back..I did not have time while on vacation to post pix..

Venezuela's President Hugo Chavez (L) shakes hands with Vice Minister of China's National Development and Reform Commission Zhang Xiaoqiang (R), and Venezuelan Minister of Economy Jorge Giordani, in Caracas November 24, 2011. Chinese companies will join another four joint ventures with Venezuela's PDVSA in the extra-heavy crude Orinoco Belt where production is slated to soar in coming years, Venezuela's Energy Minister said on Wednesday.

Wang Yihan smiles during the award ceremony of the women's singles of China Open badminton tournament at Yuanshen Gymnasium in Shanghai, China Sunday, Nov. 27, 2011. Wong Yihan won the women's singles final as her compatriot Wang Xin retired due to leg injury.

A Chinese soldier plays with a dog as he stands guard on the banks of Hengqin island in Zhuhai, Guangdong province November 11, 2011. Hengqin, once a sleepy island off the southern coast of China, is gearing up to become the country's newest family friendly resort city, providing a big boost for its neighbouring gambling powerhouse, Macau. Just a stone's throw from Macau's neon lights, Hengqin has become a massive construction site that has attracted international investors such as Starwood Hotels and Resorts Worldwide Inc, since Beijing unveiled a plan two years ago to turn the mountainous island into a tourist destination. Picture taken November 11, 2011.

Taiwan's President Ma Ying-jeou speaks to reporters outside the Taipei Fine Arts Museum in Taipei on November 25, 2011. Taiwan's President Ma Ying-jeou on November 25 urged China to respect human rights after touring an exhibition in Taipei of Chinese dissident artist Ai Weiwei's work.

Chinese security guards prepare to evict an unlicenced vendor selling garlic at a market in Beijing on November 25, 2011. China will increasingly look to Africa over the next decade as the world's most populous nation seeks to ensure it has sufficient food supplies, according to a study published recently.

Chinese vendors sell various produce at a market in Beijing on November 25, 2011.

In this photo taken on Thursday, Nov. 24, 2011, a model poses in front of a Bugatti super car during a super car show in Macau. China's superrich want supercars. That's what the makers of world's most exotic and expensive sports cars are hoping as they gather in Macau this week for the first Asian edition of Monaco's annual Top Marques show that began eight years ago.

A driver together with his family wait in his truck as they join a long queue of heavy vehicles waiting to fill up their tanks with diesel at a petrol station in Hefei, east China's Anhui province on November 23, 2011. Power shortages are common in China during the summer and winter months when demand soars, often leading to a supply squeeze of diesel as factories turn to generators to keep production lines operating during blackouts.

Hundreds of sellers from China's largest consumer-to-consumer e-commerce platform, Taobao, stage a protest outside the firm's offices in Hangzhou, east China's Zhejiang province on November 23, 2011, calling for the abolition of the website's feedback system. Taobao, a unit of Alibaba Group, founded by billionaire Jack Ma, is about 40 percent owned by Yahoo Inc, is the latest subsidiary to be hit by protests, as in October, thousands of small-business owners launched an online protest against Taobao Mall over a proposed fee hike.

XIANTAO, CHINA - NOVEMBER 23: Rescuers work at a traffic accident site on November 23, 2011 in Xiantao, China. At least six were killed and 24 others injured in an accident involving 40 vehicles caused by heavy fog at Xiantao section of Wuhan-Yichang Freeway on Wednesday morning.

Turkmenistan's President Kurbanguly Berdymukhamedov (L) celebrates by touching his champagne glass with that of Chinese President Hu Jintao after a signing ceremony in the Great Hall of the People in Beijing November 23, 2011. Berdymukhamedov is in China on an official visit from November 22 to 25.

BEIJING, CHINA - NOVEMBER 23: Japan's Foreign Minister Koichiro Gemba (L) shakes hands with his counterpart Yang Jiechi during their meeting November 23, 2011in Beijing. Gemba is in Beijing to discuss the avoidance of conflict over disputed waters of the East China Sea gas fields and disputed islands, whcih are known as the Senkaku in Japanese and the Diaoyu in Chinese.

Tsai Ing-wen, chairwoman of Taiwan's main opposition Democratic Progressive Party (DPP), displays an official document after registering as the DPP presidential candidate at the Central Elections Committee in Taipei on November 23, 2011. A poll carried out last week showed that Ma's lead over his main challenger, Tsai Ing-wen of the anti-China Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) was just five percentage points.

A security guard stands outside the cooling towers for a coal-powered power plant in the suburbs of Beijing on November 22, 2011. China, the world's top greenhouse gas emitter, said it will push at the UN climate talks in Durban for an extension of the Kyoto Protocol, which requires rich nations to reduce their emissions.

Residents stand on both sides of a street during a protest in Wukan village of Lufeng, Guangdong province November 22, 2011. Thousands of villagers who are angry that officials had failed to address their grievances following riots two months ago marched to a government office in southern China to demand the return of land they say was illegally seized, witnesses and the media said. The banner reads: "Selling the farmland of Wukan people is selling the interests of the Wukan people".

A Buddha tooth relic from China is seen in a glass cage as it is carried at the Maha Pasana Cave in Yangon November 22, 2011. The relic has been brought to Myanmar three times before, and on this 48-day trip, it is being taken around the country to Naypyitaw, Yangon and Mandalay.

This image from video footage released by Students For A Free Tibet via APTN purports to show Buddhist nun Palden Choetso engulfed in flames in her self-immolation protest against Chinese rule on a street in Tawu, Tibetan Ganzi prefecture, in China's Sichuan Province Thursday, Nov. 3, 2011.

Photo taken on Nov. 24, 2011 shows blast site of the Futian Chemical Company in Wenbian Village of Panyu District in Guangzhou, capital of south China's Guangdong Province. An explosion ripped through a warehouse at a chemical plant in Guangzhou on Thursday, forcing the evacuation of about 6,000 residents, the local government said. (Xinhua/Zheng Hengpeng)

Lessons from deadly school bus crash ignored - China News - SINA English

A total of 36 children, most standing without seat belts in a van for 11 people, are counted by a policeman in Xiangyang, Central China’s Hubei province, Nov 23, 2011. Drivers found to be overloading vehicles can be fined up to 2,000 yuan and suspended from driving on the road. [Photo/CFP]

Students hang from the rear of several motor tricycles taking them home, in Tongyang town, East China’s Anhui province, Nov 21, 2011. The vehicles, with just four seats, are run by private people to pick up students from school. [Photo/CFP]

Every day millions of children across China make the vital journey from home to school to receive an education. For some it is a perilous journey crammed into the back of an overloaded van with no safety precautions.

On Nov 16 in Gansu province, 21 people, including 19 children, died after their nine-seat bus carrying 64 people collided head-on with a coal truck. The Ministry of Education urged schools and kindergartens nationwide to conduct safety checks on their school buses.

The crackdown has begun, but as seen in these shocking images, the lessons from the Gansu tragedy have gone unheeded. In different cities across China, dozens of little kids - some standing and without seat belts - are still jammed into shoddy vehicles.

Sweet! a regulation school bus! Very safe for the children and driver!

Bai Shuyan (R), a 25-year-old primary school teacher, chats with students who are queuing up to get on the school bus in Deqing County, east China's Zhejiang Province, Nov. 22, 2011. Bai's job is to take care of the children on the bus. Local government of Deqing County has invested 20 million yuan (3.14 million U.S. dollars) to order 79 school buses, which are specially designed for children with smaller seats and seat belts as well as bright yellow color to have better warning function. Among the 79 buses, 14 ones have truck-style front ends, and this appearance like a long nose can effectively reduce the impact force and better protect children's safety. Drivers of such kind of school buses are required not to exceed 60 kilometers per hour. Nearly 6,000 children from 25 primary schools have benefited from the operation of this kind of school bus in Deqing County. (Xinhua/Ju Huanzong)

Drivers check the school buses in Deqing County, east China's Zhejiang Province, in the early morning of Nov. 22, 2011. (Xinhua/Ju Huanzong)

Fu Xunyu, an eight-year-old primary school student, writes down her name on the window of a school bus in Deqing County, east China's Zhejiang Province, Nov. 22, 2011.？ (Xinhua/Ju Huanzong)

Driver Tang Zhiqiang cleans the school bus in Deqing County, east China's Zhejiang Province, Nov. 21, 2011, before departing for schools on 3 p.m. to receive children. (Xinhua/Ju Huanzong)

NANCHANG, Nov. 24 (Xinhua) -- A fire that broke out Thursday morning in an old town part of Nanchang, capital of east China's Jiangxi Province, killed five people and injured another two.

The fire was controlled in an hour after it started at 3:24 a.m., forcing an evacuation of 150 residents from the neighborhood in Shitou Street in the Xihu District, the local fire department said.

Firefighters are continuing the search and rescue activities in the debris.

The fire engulfed an area of about 500 square meters before the firefighters completely put it out at around 6 a.m.

School bus checks kick off nationwide following fatal accident in China - China News - SINA English

BEIJING, Nov. 22 (Xinhua) -- With special inspection teams set up at all provincial-level governments, school bus safety checks have started across the country just days after a collision claimed the lives of 19 preschoolers on an overloaded bus, according to the Ministry of Education.

In an initial safety check, Beijing's municipal education commission found that some private schools' and kindergartens' buses were overloaded, and many private cars swarming to pick up children after school could also result in traffic disorders outside schools, according to a statement released Tuesday by the ministry.

Beijing has ordered its schools and kindergartens to keep clear records of safety inspections for all their buses and to arrange safety training courses for school bus drivers.

Twenty-one people, including 19 preschoolers and two adults, died and 43 others were injured last Wednesday morning when a nine-seat school bus illegally carrying 64 people collided head-on with a coal truck in northwest China's Gansu province.

In Shanghai, a total of 2,300 school buses will undergo comprehensive checks, including vehicle sanitation and control equipment inspections, by Nov. 25. So far, 15 buses have been found to be operating illegally, and they have been ordered to rectify their illegal operations, said the statement.

In addition to regular safety checks, eastern Jiangsu province held meetings for school bus drivers to exchange experiences on driving children.

Meanwhile, the education commission of southwestern Chongqing Municipality arranged for special personnel to anonymously spot-check school bus operations at middle and elementary schools.

In the statement, the ministry also urged education bureaus at all levels as well as all schools and kindergartens to map out emergency plans against traffic accidents.

Driver Tang Zhiqiang checks the tyre of a school bus in Deqing County, east China's Zhejiang Province, in the early morning of Nov. 22, 2011. Tang drives the school bus to set out on 6 a.m. every day to receive children in different stations. Local government of Deqing County has invested 20 million yuan (3.14 million U.S. dollars) to order 79 school buses, which are specially designed for children with smaller seats and seat belts as well as bright yellow color to have better warning function. Among the 79 buses, 14 ones have truck-style front ends, and this appearance like a long nose can effectively reduce the impact force and better protect children's safety. Drivers of such kind of school buses are required not to exceed 60 kilometers per hour. Nearly 6,000 children from 25 primary schools have benefited from the operation of this kind of school bus in Deqing County.

Guo Qian, Chairman and CEO of Chery Quantum Auto Co, speaks during the presentation of the Qoros car in Shanghai November 28, 2011. Chery Quantum Auto Co. , a joint venture between Chery Automobile and investment firm Israel Corp, on Monday unveiled the design of its first car, which it hopes will allow it to reverse a trend and export made-in-China cars to Western Europe. The 50-50 joint venture between Israel Corp and Chery Automobile was set up in 2007. The new brand, called Qoros, is targeting sales in 2013.

Workers go about their chores at a construction site for new shops in Beijing on November 28, 2011. China will maintain restrictions on the property market, Vice Premier Li Keqiang has said, despite growing speculation that curbs could be eased to prevent a damaging slump in prices, as real estate sales and prices have been falling nationwide due to tough restrictions on purchases and bank lending, fuelling fears that the market could collapse and send debt-laden property developers to the wall.

Candidates check for their names as they make their way to sit for the Chinese civil service examinations, where nationwide 133 million candidates sit for the exam to qualify for some 18,000 job vacancies in the government, in Hefei, east China's Anhui province on November 27, 2011.

Candidates prepare to take the Chinese civil service examinations, where nationwide 133 million candidates sit for the exam to qualify for some 18,000 job vacancies in the government, in Hefei, east China's Anhui province on November 27, 2011.

People walk by a newly built Western style commercial architecture buildings in Beijing, China, Monday, Nov. 28, 2011.

Chinese merchants protest in front of Madrid's City hall at Cibeles square in Madrid on November 28, 2011. Hundreds of Chinese shopkeepers demonstrated in Madrid Monday to demand the right to sell beer and wine, in what Spanish media said was the first public protest by the community.

Chinese merchants show a banner 'I pay my taxes, I want the second license' during a protest in front of Madrid's City hall at Cibeles square in Madrid on November 28, 2011.

Cheng-Yu Tung, Honorary Chairman of Chow Tai Fook Jewellery Co. smiles as he takes questions from the press at the Chow Tai Fook investors' lunch in Hong Kong on November 28, 2011. Hong Kong-based Chow Tai Fook Jewellery Co. told investors that it is seeking to raise up to 2.8 billion USD in an initial public offering that would create a new publicly listed giant in luxury goods.

Three thousand Chuanbei Prison inmates are escourted by armed police and prison guards as they are relocated to a new prison in Mianyang in Sichuan Province, southwest China on Nov. 24, 2011.[Photo/Chinanews.com]

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Decommissioned space tracking ship to serve as museum - China.org.cn

The "Yuanwang I" Space Tracking Ship moors at the World Expo Park in Shanghai, east China, Nov. 27, 2011. "Yuanwang I", China's first vessel for tracking and controlling rockets and spacecraft that was retired in 2010 after 32 years on service, was moved to Shanghai's World Expo Park on Saturday. The vessel will serve as a museum for scientific eduction. [Xinhua/Guo Changyao]

Survivors from a deadly road accident that occurred in the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK) two days ago get off a coach at an immigration checkpoint in Dandong, northeast China's Liaoning Province, Nov. 28, 2011. Twenty-three tourists, including three from the Netherlands, returned to China by road from the DPRK on Monday after a deadly road accident in which seven Chinese were killed and another ten Chinese injured in the DPRK on Nov. 26. (Xinhua/Yang Qing)

PYONGYANG, Nov. 28 (Xinhua) -- Thirty-one Chinese citizens returned to China on Monday after their buses were involved in traffic accidents near Pyongyang that killed seven people and seriously injured three others, said the Chinese embassy in the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK).

Chinese ambassador to the DPRK Liu Hongcai, Choe Chang Sik, chairman of the Korea-China Friendship Association, and other DPRK officials went to the Pyongyang Railway Station and Pyongyang Airport to see them off.

It was reported that family members of the seven road accident victims would arrive in Pyongyang by train later in the day.

The seven Chinese citizens were killed in two traffic accidents near Pyongyang on Saturday.